Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 25, 1892, Image 1

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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. I ii?ar I liESSi I THE MINING-REGION 1 i ?THEHANDSGFAMOB, j MILITIA SURRENDER TO THE HB, fl ; ._ Capture and B urirC ou vi c t S toe artes-A Battle Ra?r i n ir at Coal Creek. " - 'A KM?XVILLE, Tenn., August 17. Ao-archy reigns 'supreme iu t mining regions north' of this eil The excitement here is intensif! and heightened by lack of d?fini information, the wires having bei cut. The mob is in'-actnal posse sion of the property of Ea Tonnessee railroad Un the neig borhood of Coal Creek and Oliv Springs. They have cut the ^ir; in numerous- places^ torn" 'up tl tracks in every direction ar captured every locomotive in tl minirJ?'regions. At a lat? Bo?r last night mo than a thousand miners capture three locomotives and sever empty coal cars at Coal Creek, an forced the engineers to take the: to Oliver Springs, where abou ninerv-five convicts were employe in the mines of the Cumberlan Coal Company. They arrived f Oliver Springs about 4 o'cloc this morning,* and at once planne an attack on the stockade, whei the convicts were confined. Aboi 7 o'clock they assaulted tl stockade, aud a lively batt! proceeded. This was defended b fifty picked guards and a compan of thirty-eight militiamen. Tw camp?mes of National Guards e * route from Chattanooga, vi Harriman, were compelled to tat the sidetrack a few miles froi Oliver's, on account of displace rails. Hundreds of shots wei exchanged, but no one was injuree The guards and milicia, seein that it was useless to combat force of 1,000 infuriated mes quietly surrendered. Tjtie convicts, ^guards an< soldiers were loaded on a train o flat cars, and the engineer, at th point of a Winchester rifie,,wa? compelled to pull the train out ii the direction ol' Knoxville. Th stockade was then'burned to th ground. Arriving at Clin ton, permissioi was obtained ' from the railway officials I toi briug'the -convicts t< this city. The train, which wa the only one in or out for twenty four hours, arrived in Knoxvilli about 3 o'clock, and was sooi surrounded by an immense throng of the curious. A special train left the statior. at 5 p. m., taking the convicts t< the main prison at Nashville Four convicts escaped betweei Oliver and this city. Communication with Coal Creel was restored this afternoon. Th( line was no sooner reopened thai the miners took peaceable posses sion of the office at Coal Creek and to prevent the dispatch ol regular business they .filed thou sands of words of matter. The) paid for all messages at regula: rates, and the company could nol refuse them. The miners hav< two or three operators employed and it is utterly impossible to gel a mesage through with anyting like accuracy or speed. Passengers on a train just ar rived from Coal Creek say thal Camp Anderson at that place, the only point in the State where convicts are at work, will be taken to-night. The assault will take place - before midnight., so they say. More than 1,500 miners are massed at Coal Creek, all heavily armed, They have captured the two companies of militia sent tc Oliver last night. They locked the soldiers kl a ' warehouse at Clinton this \ morning, then marched across the mountain to Coal Creek. When the proposed assault on Camp Andersoni is! made to-night they will force the captive soldiers in uniform to march at the head of the column, and have sent word .to the officers in command of their intention. They believe ?atthe officers ol the camp will refuse to fiep on -them as long as the soldiers'^are in front. Thc mineVa^held a meeting this * afternoon, and\several \ warlike speeches were maV Those in a position io know saV that Camp Anderson will be defended to the last. \ THE FIGHT AT OLIVER SPANGS. NASHVILLE, Tenn, August^-._ Last night's fight at Ol iver Sprangs was a desperate affair. SevenfeVi ? ? 3f / % . tia i Ik hundred miners attacked the stockade. The troops there had been reinforced by the military company from Chattanooga, and offered a stubborn resistance. According1 to the best marination obtainable, twelve men were killed and twenty wounded in the engagement. After an hours fighting, the military, being greatly outnumbered, surrendered. They were placed under guard, and, with the convicts, ? were marched toward' Knoxville, The ?wirea aie ?nt abd communication is unreliable. A mass meeting of miners was held at Coal' Creek this 'morning, at -which' r? was resolved to' Attack .the stockade at that point and drive off the convicts1 and-soldiers. The Knoxville ? companies of militia are station at Harriman, and.will await reinforcemets before attempting to do anything. A dispatch from Chattanooga says that 3,000 men have volunteered as milita and will go to Coal Creek tiiis afternoon. Threats of lynching Governor Buchanan, if he ventures into this section, are freely made. The Governor is still "waiting for development." It is not likely that he1 will leave N?sh.ville. The convicts and soldiers from Oliver Springs arrived at Knox vile under a heavy guard of miners. They were at once placed in box cars and started for Chattanooga. A special from Harriman, dated 12:10, says: "Maj. Chandler of the Knoxville troops has just ar rived from the Oliver Springs, and reports.'that the guards and soldiers have been captured by 1,800 miLers. An attack was made at 7 o'clockj in which the State forces were completely overpowered. No lives were lost." Governor Buchannan has ordered the sheriffs of surrounding counties to summon posssees of 500 men and repair to Oliver. The militia at Harriman and* these possees will move on Oliver to-night. One bf the miner leaders, it is said, has been killecV. TENNESSEE TO ARMS !" CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., August 17. -Bulletins posted in the leading buildings of the city tell the fol lowing story : Tennessee to arms! Will you allow your State to be disgracod? The miners have captured sold iers. Let volunteers come at once. Lieutenant Royster is in the ar mory, ready to receive volunteers. Bring any kind of weapon you may have. A thousand people stood in the drizzling rain reading the bulletins. Terror was added when j Col. Woolford wired from Harri- ' man that the thirty Knoxville soldiers had been captured on route to Oliver Springs. Wires were cut and no one could say what fate they would meet. Mayor Andrews wired Col. Woolford not to leave. Harriman with the boys if he-doubted*- his ability to put up a skillful fight, and the dispatch, together with the story i of the capture of the Knoxville boys, caused instant demoraliza- < rion among the troops, and they : are badly phased. It is estimated that 3#00 armed^ miners are in the field in East Tennessee, and the fight against the troops is uneven, to say the ? least. Governor Buchanan has not offered to assist the little knot of men \ from Chattanooga, and no other State troops are even thinking of going to the mine ; dietrict. Citizens are very indign- j ant at the Governor's course, and : loud threats of lynching the Gov ernor are freely made on the. streets. A corporal's guard is trying to corral the unwilling military and get them into the armories, gome have been arrested, but very few eau be- found. Some of the citizens are forming companies to leave at 5 o'clock "for the scene ot the trouble and all kinds of weapons are being gathered for use in the fight, which is sure to come, The trouble with getting a boy to hoe in a garden is that he digs up so many grub worms they tempt him to run off and go fishing. 'An aluminium launch, pronelled by a naptha engine, has been built at Zurich for service on the lake. The outer surface of the vessel is not painted, but is polished. Only the hull of the craft is of fcliminium, and )et the saving in weight is 35 per cent on au ordinary boat. THE MISSISSIPPI METHOD. How They Managed to Get Rid] of the Negro Vote. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 15.--The new registration of Mississippi, upon which it will vote at the com ing election, shows that the negro has been substantially eliminated from tha politics of the State. The negro' vote has been cut down by the new Constitution fram 145,000 to 8,615, and how it cannot elect more than a few1 constables in the entire State. The colored.'"regls^ trati?ri continues to decline, at. every election. At the Congresr s io nal elections two years ago there Was a colored majority in one County, Boiivar. That is how gone, and'Soli var is now white, like the others. The negroes cannot elect a single member of the Legisla ture, or a single officer of any kind] except justice of the peace or con stable. The negro vote for Congress will be less than 1,000 in each dis trict except in the shoestring dis? trict, composed of the negro coun ties along the Mississippi, where the registration amounts to 1,800 and the vote may be 1,200. In Lowndss county one negro in each 310 of the male negroes over 21 years of age is registered. Iii Yazoo, which, of old, gave a Re publican vote far up in the thou sands, there are only nine colored voters registered, or one to each 650 possible voters, while in Noxu bee, which beats the record, there are four colored voters registered, or one to each 1,340 negro men. There are more negroes in Noxubee than these four entitled to the bal lot ; but they have lost interest in elections of late, and a large num ber of them have refused to avail themselves of the privilege of the ballot offered' them and have failed to register. The reduction in the negro registration and vote of Mississippi has been brought about by the adoption of the new Constitution, which greatly alters tho eleotoral franchise in Missisippi. By limiting the franchise to those who ^^-r?iwfcan? write. 110.000 negroes, or four-fifths of the col ored vote, were disfranchised, iiie provision which'- requires. thbl prepayment of the; poll tax bas b?d Au'?ther d?terrent effect. . The illiteracy provision cuts off 10,000 white voters also, and a's that was thought to be a hardship the famous "understanding clause" was inserted, by "ivh?ch any illiterate voter can obtain bis bal lot bypr?Ving-th?t he understands, the Constitution. A ; section1-of that organic law is read tb him' by the registrar and if he can properly explain it he is entitled to vote. This provision will continue only, to 1896. The ignorant voters have six years in which to learn to read and write, If theydo not learn in that time they are permanently disfranchised. Of the 120,000 illiterate white and colored voters only 2;422. have availed themselves of "'the understanding clause," or, rather, only 2,122 have passed a success ful examination of their knowledge of the Constitution. Of these 1,037 are white and 1,085 colored,' showA ing that no i discrimination . is. allowed "on acount of race or color." Besides these colored voters who | get the franchise under the "under standing clause," only 7,530 were registered as able to read and write and having paid their taxes, making a total of 8,615 colored against 68,127 while voters, or a grand total of 76,842. It will be noticed that the new Constitution has materially cut down the white vote also, perhaps one-third, but not to the same extent as that of the negroes. At the ordinary rate of voting in Mississippi, that State will cast betweon 50,000 and 55,000 votes for President and Congress this fall, with a Democratic majority of: between 40,000 and 45,000. New York Sun. Shooting stars have given rise to many strange beliefs. According to a sentimental legend current among the Lithuanian peasants, there is attached to every new-born child an invisible thread, which thread ends in a star. As soon as the child dies the thread breaks and the light of the star is quenched as it falls to the earth. Another version of the same legend says that every one has his light in heaven, which, when he dies, goes out, and in its place a new one makes its apperance, as men are constautly being born. * .. is ?{ euc i u?oiou vJJ Some Campaign Thunder. And it came to pass iii the reig of John Peter Richardson, govern< of the province of South Carol in thd'tenrtfryearbf hisreigb^thi the people, the wbrkrng peopie, b came restless and dissatisfied wit the ' ring-rule government. And they arose as Oner mani an swore by the-v?rtu? of the ; ballt box they wbuld'haye honor?' rifaj rule in South' Carolina, and , the] ;by their.hallotsi called B. R. ,Ti^ man to* be go ver n or i n th? stead . c 'John Peter.1 Ah?'th?'r&fcri bf Til! man being so equal and just thu the . banks, [ the, railroads, an corporations and combinations c capital were called oh. ; to > ?pay? aa equal portion1 bf 'fehe?'t?xe??to-.%TJ? port the reign of administration. . This highly incensed the eh j locks and money lenders, and ii the reign of Tillman, and in th first and second years thereof the; rose in. revolt against Tillman' government.to this day,' and the; called a council of thirteen of th Phar i Bees and said unto Tillman We know your demands are just the people have been oppressed fo our benefit, but if we let you reigi over us we will have to bear equa burthens with tne people, whicl will ruin our rule and cutshor our profits and the working peoph be as good as we are ; therefore wi cannot do it. But if you will let us rule we will call thee a gooc fellow, and we will harmonize with you and give you peace and unity. But if you will not let ut rule we will call you a demagogue a scoundrel, a stirrer up of strife. Wewill go in the courts and enjoin you from collecting taxe, from us, and so cripple you, and belittle your administration that il will drive capital away, and -you can't run the government 01 refund the State debt, so as rc drive you out of -?ur way. Wt! will call upon _. .'ell ;;'we will j oin'our forces wiu_. his,; WA will split the-party, and if we rule-W9 ; will ruin. But ; Taiman.? jb?ingf amr convictions'~amT~iir-gooa~ ~ r j* Bense, said ' unto' them : ?Teiiiy I cannot consent to this wickednt. s. I will yet make the. people of my province equal before the law. I must not be a respecter of per sons, but must give equal rightfe to all, and special privieges to none. This greatly incensed the money lenders, the railroad and factory corporations, the shy locks of all classes, and they being'lc stiff necked and rebellious people assembled themselves together, including the . thirteen, in high places, smoked- their cigars,' dr ink ing their lme^iqTJOTS, -cutting up high stubbles ; thev sw'?re by. *the. flatwoods of Edgefield and .th? hills and.1 hollows (of ?.Piedmont that Tillman shall rule--no more forever. And it will came to pass during the reign of Tillman, in'the second year thereof, that' the : thirteen issued a proclamation denouneing Tillman and everything tending to Tillman, and warning em ployees ot banks, railroads, fac tories and others that .they were expected to work for: the Edge field h?rder and the' Predmonjb' Shapghigh, and in case bf refusil their places ;might be -vacated--; the S han gb i g h knowing very well that he, if the people ar? left alone and untrammelled, could not command a corporal's guard's' vote, and they began to cast about for means to smite Tillman both hip and thigh, and as for these wool hats we will not that? they Bh?uld rule over us. Cutting Affray in Hamburg. A bloody and serious - stabbing affray occurred at ll o'clock' Mon day night near Shinall's bar room in Hamburg. Theo Plunkett, a young white man of this city,; was dangerously stabbed in the left temple by Cal Head, also white. The cut was two inches long and one inch deep, and the main artery was severed. Plunkett was protecting an old white man whom Head was abusing and about to assail, when he was murderously attacked. There are fears of fatal results from the effects of the wounds, which may cause hem orhage or lockjaw. Head was arrested afterwards in Augusta and is in jail here, and will be held until a requisition is received for his return to Carolina. A man has his clothes made to fit him. A woman makes herself fit her clothes. i.S?./c.- A. ' CONVENCI?N. Protamine ' of the . Couventioi tobe Heldat Meeting Street, rffit* 10,11, i2,i?92. -v.fcr SATURDAY. lOippiocki Prayer aud Praisi service. lOi^O; Temporary Organization l^f ?t?dress of Welcome. I. I^|p:at May We Expect fron ?t?is,Convention, and how maj each delegate beet perform hit partfT Convention conducted b? fc Kflnders?n, of Atlanta, Inter loW?jgr Secretary. !%:W&M., Prayer Service, L &G&by. 2 :50, Permanent Organization '8 ^'Report of County Commit tee. , j Address-Rev. Wm. R Atkinson D. D., of Columbia. ,o 7;30P.M., Meeting of County Committee. f SUNDAY. 9:15 Consecration Meeting; regal? Sunday School and Church Services as usual. 2:30 P. M., Song Service-J. Leslie,Andrews. 2:50, Address-"The Young Men'sjChristain Association Move ment,'1 H. P. Anderson. 3:30, Reports from Associations and Report of Committee on County Committee's Report. 4:15, Address-W. A. Wynde. j MONnAY. 10o[clock, Bible Reading-W. D. Lap roaster, of Augusta. 10:30, The Executive Secretary, T. B. Lanham, Edgefield. 11, The Ladies' Committee-A. T. Jamison, Charleston. ll :?0, The Young Men of Our County-A. S. Tompkins. 12, ..(County Work in South Carolina-John Lake. 2 :30)P. M., Devotional Exercises. 3:00, Business Session. 3:30, Address-Is there a Real Need fprthe Young Men's Christ ian Association? A. T. Jamison. . 4:3Q? Farewell'Exercises. Mr. Jaff. T. Bacon. Gospel .??;..?:.o .... S ... '?i-. ?}? j.jvj; . . Bmithville, iu,*r here. Pi ' r killed by his son because the father had disgraced himself by getting drunk. The son then killed himself. No previous trouble had occurred. South Carolina Blood. MABION, S. C, Aug 15.-A fatal difficulty .occurred in the fork sec tion of'this: county Saturday hight between" M., R. Hays < and Neal Hays, Jbwe) jto?nj^ white men, .aged iapoht'^yearslan? closelyrelated. NoaL^Hays w?s, instantly killed iby a stab in the heart. The other was shot in the head, and is ex pected td die. Neal was a son of Alexander Hays, who fled the ?State, some years ago for the kill ing of'Deputy Sheriff Page. A Son's Awful Crime. CABMICHAEL'S, PA., Aug 15.-A tragic murder occurred hear yes terday, i the horror of which may be increased by homicide and suicide. Thos. Morgan, a young man of 27. years, objected to his father, John Morgan, remarrying. The. two.quarrelled, and yesterday morning; as the three daughters and the son were remonstrating with their father; the son fired at his parent. The shot struck his sister Gallie in the neck. Then the son chased his father and fired B?X bullets into him. Both father and daughter are expected to die, and it is feared that the son will kill himself. Snatched from Death. ABBUBY PARK, N. J., Aug 15. The very heavy surf was responsi ble for several narrow escapes from drowning yesterday. The nearest apprach to a fatal accident occurred to Mrs. Ada Battin, a young, pretty and rich widow from Philadelphia. She is an expert shimmer, and went out beyond the ropes where several huge rollers broke over her in quick succession, exhausting her strength, and as she showed signs of distress the bathing roaster swum out with a rope to assist her. Before he could reach her she had gone down twice and was just disappearing the third time when he caught hold of her hair, and with the help of two other bathers succeeded in dragging her to the shore. After some time she was restored to consciousness, and is fast recovering from the shock. Thc Prohibition Convetion. The County Prohibition Conven tion was called to order at 12:30 P. M. in our ?!: M. C. A. hall on Monday last. At, the temporary organization the following names were enrolled : Edgefield-A. S. Tompkins, Rev. A. B. Watson JV F. Cheatham, W. F. Strickland, T. J. Lanham, S. B. Mays; J. M. Mays^J. K. A?en, J. H. Cantelou, John Lake, j. T. Minis; F. R. Timmons, H. B. Gallman, W. H. Burrell, AV. p. Allene F.B. Tii?mons Jr., S. Timmons, Charlie Cheatham. Longmires-Rev. P. P. : Blalock, W. H. Yeldell, W. A. Cheatham, O. Si Bushnell. Holmes-P. H. Bussey. Ridge Spring-R. B. Watson, N; W. Brooker, P. D. Brooker, W- J. Padgett. Cold Spring-Dr. J. H. Bnrkh?l ter, Meeting Street-J. M. Shaffer, J. T. McManus, W. E. Turner, C. T. Dorn, C. M. Hart. - Pleasent Lane-B. W. Tiinmer man, Lemuel Harling. Ropers-P. B. Lanham. Cleora-A. L. Branson. Parksville-L. F. Dornj J. C, Morgan, J. B. Nelson, H. M. Garnett, P. E. Crawford, W. A. D, Blackwell, Clintonward-J. G. Mobley, D. P. Bodie. Johnston-J. M. Wright, F. M. Warren, J. C. Lewis, L, B. Asbill. Cloud's Creek-E. W. Goggans. Trenton-M. D Loach, N. L. Broadwater, J. L. Smith. Vaucluse-O. B. Whitlock. N. W. Brooker was elected Chairman of the Convention, and John Lake was elected Secretary. Cap. L. D. Childs, of Columbia, then made a stirring address which completely captivated the hearers. The following Couuty Executive Committee was appointed : W. F. Strickland, J. C. Morgan, J. E. Schumpert, P. 0. Barnes, E. H. ?V~.-~-UUwwl - - - . --. 'ITV' iolloy?--J--:, -r be k?$>*vh ak fciie ';K:?!;'.:;'!? Cfomrciriee." Y<a?.? . '. .' -"i i. ..- j __??^i ... li M. ^Vortp; Cloud's Cl-Ok. B. Lanham, Sopers, J. G. MO nj ey, Joiiubv???, \ C. B. Laffittee, Ridge Spring, W. H. Yeldell, Longmires, R. Broadwater, Rehoboth, J. C. Morgan, Parksville, G. M. Smith, Johnston, J. T. Mims, Edgefield, ,-}. B.Mays, " Rev. A. G. Collier, Plum Branch, J. M. Schaffer, Meeting Street, P. W. Barnes; Mt. Willing, T..R. Denny, Johnston' . T. ;H. Clark- Trenton, W. E. Turner,. Mckehciree, Jno. R. Watson, Ridge Spring, J. W. Ethoredge, Red. Bank, J. W. Aiton,'Rosa, A. L. Branson, Cleora, P. H. Bussey, Holmes. G* W. Turner, Vaucluse, P. J. Prince, Collers, P. B. Watson, Clintonward, Winfield Scott, Scott. Each of these is to select four other names at his own precinct to assist in the conduct of the movement. After the Convention had ad journed, the Executive Committee held a meeting to discuss the policy to be pursued. This work is strctly inside of the Demociatic ranks. Our Share of the Spoils. Congress has appropriated the following sums for expenditure in South Carolina. Charleston harbor, $225,000, and contracts may be entered into for the entire completion of the pro ject of improvement ; Georgetown harbor, $12,000; harbor at Wi ny ah Bay, $100,000; Edisto River, $7, 385 ; Great Pee-Dee River, $10,000 ; Santee River, $30,000, to be used in snagging and in making a new cut between Estherville and Mingo Creek ; Waccamaw River, $10,000; Wappoo Cut, $10,000; Wateree River, for maintenance, $2,500: Congaree River, $5,000; Mingo Creek, $3,000; Little Pee Dee River, $5,000; Clark River, $2,500; Beaufort River,$12,500 In addition a survey of Lvnch River is ordered with a view to its ultimate improvement should the engineer report it to be necessary. This is the complete statement of the appropriation for South Carolina and vicinity. It can be seen that few new public vorks are authorized. All, or nearly all of the money is to be spent on pro jects already under way. -] . i- I i . Programme of the Baptist ASM dation. BRETHREN : Ai the last meet in of your executive committee th following programme for the Assc ciation. at Bethany was adoptee and also the following apportion ment for State Missions : PROGRAMME FOR ASSOCIATION. . ?. Meet at 10 o'clock a. m. an> organize. : 2. Introductory sermon by Ito G. W. Bussey or T. J. Rook. In termission. 3. Report on State Missions. 4. Report on Colportage. 5. Report on Home Missions. 6. Centennial report. 7; Missionary sermon. by Re\ j. N. Booth or J. P. Mealing. .8. Orphanage.. 9/ Report on Foreign Missions 10. Temperance. Iii Education; Your committee recommend tba the statistical reports. from th? churches be read when letters an presented. APPORTIONMENT FOR STATE MISSIONS . Antioch, $20 ; Bold Spring, $40 Bethany, $35; Clarks Hill, $20 Dornsville, $10; Gilgal, $20 Edgefield. $60; Berea. $10; Li ttl? Stevens Creek, $45; Modoc, $15 Mountain Creek, $50; Parksville $50; Mt. Zion, $25; Red Oal Grove, $25 ; Republican, $20; Re hoboth, $25; Red Hill, $25: Horns Creek, $25 ; Plum Brauch $15. W. H. YELWELL, Chair. Ex. Com. Longmires, S. C. It requires $7,000,000 eyery tweuty four hours to run Uncle Sam's government. A woman is good because it comes natural, men are nevei realy good until they have tried beiug bad and found that it didn't pay. _ No such corn crops have been raised in this section of Georgia and Carolina as will be harvested within the.next few weeks. It beats all former records. "Goodness gracious, chil d ! That book isn't fit for you to read." , "It is just the thing for this Tr?fltHcr nrnmmii : Tf io an A rJl J .?1? A - liTuHy ?fjck?d fchuur keeps ?ha cold j chilis rui):;'.:?g over me ail th? I time.1'-IndianopoKa Journal. -. _-_ . ?J?C3 gOOSe'S '.;',';7 Vi l>.Hfl v jterday? ';VU?? jj._--wko?p?r-it was very nice indeed. I want another one but from the same goose, remember.-Truth. Briggs-Spriggins had a hard time the other day. He put a porous plaster on his chest and thought he would try to get it off by.getting down on the carpet and rubbing himself back and forth. Griggs-Did he succeed? -Briggs-^No. The carpet came up.-New York Herald. j :;Dora (at i ? the seaside)-Arca'fc yon engaged yet? " Clara! ((disconsolately)^-Indeed I'm not, and I won't ever be if I stay in this foggy place. Why not?" . "I can't keep my bangs in curl long enough for a man to pro pose."-New York Weekly. SAM JONES writes a letter from Urbans, Ohio, where he is conduct ing a big camp meeting. In one parag?rph he says : , I have had but little to say on political questions. A man who is not a republican in Ohio stands about the same as a Third party man in Georgia, and you know that he who dallies with Demo cracy in Georgia is a dastard, and he who has any doubts as . to her, imme diately damned. To Seliool Trustees. Section 1 of an act of the Legisla ture, approved Dec. 22, 1891, reads as follows : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the au thority of the same, That the trustees of the several school districts in the county shall report to the County Au ditor the names of all taxable polls in their respective districts, and said Au ditor shall enter the same upen the tax duplicate to be furnished the County Treasurer. That said names so fur nished shall be published annuallyjin a newspaper published at the county seat once a week for three consecutive weeks, and where there is no paper published at the county seat, then in some other paper having general cir culation in the county. Under and by virtue of the authority conferred by said section I call upon School Trustees of all the school districts in Edgefield county to make to me at once a full and complete list of p'H-sons in their respective dis tricts who are liable to poll tax. J. B. DAVIS, Co. Auditor. Call at Jas. M. Cobb's. 2,000 yds. of those beautiful new dress poods, Pine Apple Tissue, Gren ada Tissue,Cheveron Shirting, Organ dies, Cambric, French Outings for Shirt Waists, Embroidered Skirts, Demi Flouncing and Laces. All new and cheap. 100 pair of Oxford Ties just in. New Goods every week. PUT DOWN BY TEE DOG MOW A REVOLUTION WAS SUP PRESSED BY A PLAYFUL PUP. Tb? Bull Pap Tho up Ut There Wae a Grand Opportunity to Have Somo Fon and Started In to Enjoy Himself-Con? ?ternatlOD Among the Revolutionist*. Another revolution bas been sup pressed in Hawaii, and the supporters lof the queen are congratulating them selves on the strength of the govern ment. Other people recall the fact that the first. Wilcox rebellion was suppressed by a baseball pitcher after the king had been diiven to the royal boathouse for protection. ? few who know are also j telling the merry tale of how Harry Gilli g's bull pup put down a revolution, ' saved a throne and scattered the leaguer lng armies of the rebels-all in the opera bouffe kingdom of the Colorado Madn i foi. Thia ia the story George Nagle telle: "We were at the islands a year or two ago-Harry Gillig, Prank Unger, my self and Pierrot. Pierrot was Harry's bull pup, the joy of his owner's life, the pride of his heart. He was a fierce, bloodthirsty looking brute, and when ever a true sport would pass him tho covetous regard which thc man would show for the dog would make the cold chills of apprehension play leapfrog in Gillig's spinal marrow. As a matter of fact, though, Pierrot was as playful and quite as harmless as a kitten. He never bit anything in his life except the sweet breads, chateaubriands and such deli cacies with which his indulgent owner pampered him. "Well, at the islands David Ealakaua was king-and a kindlier man never lived. He showed ns marked attention; arranged feasts in our behalf, made me governor of an island for a day, and lost his money to ns at poker. He spent nearly as much time at our cottage as he did at the palace, which was close at hand. We grew to have a genuine re gard for hun, because, whatever his faults, he was every inch a king in the generosity of his impulses and the love which he bore for his subjects. "There was a condition then prevail ing at the islands somewhat similar to that preceding the arrest of Wilcox, Ash ford and the other conspirators. Dis content muttered on the corners. An in definable strain was in the political at mosphere. Without knowing why, tho onlooker felt that rebellion might set the alarm Mis ringing at any moment. 'The wrecking of a government might ?have been precipitated by the jostling of a man on the sidewalk. "The- king was uneasy, though he kept a ?miling face and his customary affability. Feeling as we did toward him, we shared in a measure his anxiety, i and awaited the denouement with fe verish im Da ti en ce. "?.hi. ??my was giving trouble. ?ihad ..*!: itS'poweriby pufctinj down (withthe .fJA o? the btfsebaij pitcher) tho first r\ tl cox rovolufclon. ft became tmrcason&l [? ?-j:>'r*\ <i..:jiiau^. ?tai tl:< king v . ': T-C?--V b .1::-?bb'3i'-(. ??ac-? (Osts >?*"3ty"W7 ??vcTj . .?.T? .. :er_. But though small, it is th?? <:".>e military prop of tho island kingdom, and it has relatively as much power and importance as the kaiser's i marshaled millions. And so it was tha t when fierce discontent and whispered i denunciation were rife in the army the people's faces blanched and appr?hen sion mingled in the merriest rout. "At last it came. One night, aa Gil li g and I sat on the porch of our cottage, i we heard 'the roll of the stirring drum' land the clangorous marching of armed ?men. " .The revolution has begun! The army ia marching on the palace P shouted Gillig. "Being a brave, aggressive man, Harry grabbed a revolver and started on a run for the. palace in cl os ure. Being more .or. less of a fool, I suppose, I ran after bim Without any revolver. Being a dog, Pierro* ran after us both. "When we reached the palace we found !the entire army just drawing into line in front of it There was all the thun der of the captains and the shouting which a man's heart could wish. The army had come to make a demand on the king, and was prepared to enforce it with bullefand bayonet "Now pretty much everything on that trip had been arranged for Pierrot's amusement So when he saw the glori ously caparisoned army drawn up in tho glare of the palace lamps he supposed it waa there as a part of his f tm. With a bark and a bound he started to enjoy the army. "Wow! "When Pierrot started for the army the army saw him coming. With his bow legs, wide jaw and red, overhang ing jowl, he seemed a ravening beast His onslaught was quiok and noisy. "The army stood its ground a moment and then began to beat a retreat The retreat was in ah instant a rout The rout became a scramble, with the dog take the hindmost for every man's motto. This was all the more fun for Pierrot. Ho gave expression to his joy in wild yowls of delight Every few moments a gorgeous officer or slightly more sub dued private would come leaping through the trees in 'a yellow cloud of fear,' Pierrot playfully cuffing his heels until attracted by some other scattered rem nant of the leaguering host "The rebellion waa suppressed, Eala kaua was maintained on the throne and Hawaii waa again at peace-all on ac count of Harry Gillig's bull pup."-San Francisco Examiner. Early English Umbrellas. Two centuries ago the umbrella was known and used as a sunshade. Ben Jonson and Beaumont and Fletcher al luded to it In 1713 it waa used aa a rain , protector. Gay in his "Trivia" speaks, of the "umbrella's oily shed," which was recorded as a kind of sou' wester material more serviceable than gingham or silk, which was used in its Construction at that period.-Detroit Free Press. Alwavs ask for "J. M. 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